Culinary implement



F. M. LOCHER.

CUL'INARY IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9, 1920.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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CULINARY IMPLEMENT.

Application filed August 9, 1920. Serial No. 402,190.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'thatI, FELIX M. LooHER, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Visalia, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary I mplements; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates broadly to improvements in culinary implements, and it has more particular reference to a device of this class which is especially designed for shredding cocoanuts, although it is not to be restricted to this particular use. u

The principal object of the inventlon is to provide a device of this class which 1S S1m ple and effective, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of the invention 1s to provide a device of the above mentioned type which includes a seat board to be placed on a chair seat, this board being provided with a tongue to extend beyond the front edge of the chair seat, and on this tongue is a cutter. With this construction the user seats himself on the seat board to hold the device rigid, thus positioning the cutter in an extremely advantageous position for shredding cocoanuts and the like.

Other objects and advantages of the 1nvention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawingsform ng a part of this specification and 1n which like numerals are employed to deslgnate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an lmplement constructed in accordance with m invention, the same being shown in posltion for use on a chair bottom.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional v1ew thereof taken on the line 22 of Flg. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

As before stated, my device, when being used, is designed to be placed on a chair bottom while the operator sits on it to hold it in position for convenient and advans tageous use. In the drawin s, I have shown a chair 1 which may be 0 the usual construction and which may be provided with either a square or any other shaped bottom 2.

My shredder comprises a flat board 3 of Specificationof Letters Patent.v

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

wood or other material preferably circular 1n shape, the same including an extenslon which constitutes a neck 4 which, when in positlon, is intended to extend beyond the front edge of the chair bottom 2. Secured in any suitable way to this tongue is a cutter 5. This cutter may be of any construction, but I prefer to employ a substantially rectangular metal plate for the purpose and detachably secure the inner end of this plate to the tongue 4: by bolts 6. The plate is so positioned that the front end thereof extends beyond the outer extremity of the tongue and this extended part of the plate is curved or semi-circular, and is bent upwardly as shown in Fig. 2, this upwardly bent portion being serrated to provide a plurality of cutting teeth 7. A cutter of this construction will effectively scrape the meat from the cocoanut, and

' due to the peculair curvature of the teeth could not be done with a fiat and straight member.

To operate the device, the seat board 3 is placed upon the chair bottom 2 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, that is, it is so placed on the chair that the neck 4 is permitted to extend outwardly beyond the front edge of the chair bottom. The operator then seats himself on this board 3 as if sitting in a chair, and takes one half of the cocoanut (the cocoanut should be out longitudinally to insure effective shredding of the meat with this device) in one hand and proceeds to scrape the meat therefrom by forcing it back and forth across the teeth 7 as is obvious. As before stated, the teeth are so curved and bent upwardly that they will effectively remove every bit of the meat from the shell. I

It is thought'that the foregoing brief explanation of the operation and use of my 1. A cocoanut shredder comprising a support, and a substantially rectangular metalplate securedto the upper face thereo f' and extendin I beyond one: end, the outer edge of this pite being curved transversely, bent upwardly, and. serrated to provide a plurality of cutting teeth;

2. A cocoanut shredder comprising a substantially circular flat seat-board adapted to rest on the bottom of a chair; said board including a reduced relatively narrow forwardly extending neck, which when in position, extends beyond the front edge of the chair bottom, and a cutter secured to the outer extremity of said neck.

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